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EPA SELECTS AWARDEES FOR CLEAN DIESEL SCHOOL BUS REBATE
Te Environmental Protection Agency said the agency received more than 1,000 school bus fleet applications seeking more than $70 million for the $2 million allocat- ed for the Clean Diesel rebate program. It explained that all applicants were randomly selected after being given a unique identi- fication number, and then they were placed in order on a list. Selected applicants have been contacted. All other applicants have been placed on the wait list in the random order assigned to them. To view the list of 30 awardees, visit
www.epa.gov/cleandiesel/ dera-rebate.htm.
Te 2012 School Bus Replacement Re-
bate Program offers incentives for eligible applicants to replace older school buses with newer buses powered by certified 2012 or newer engines. Te program also made funds available directly to private contrac- tors under existing agreements with local public school districts. Te rebate program is part of the Diesel
Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grant program. In January 2011, DERA was reau- thorized through fiscal year 2016, and one major change in the reauthorization gave the EPA the authority to award rebates.
NEW YORK BUS CONTRACTORS POINT TO FUTURE COST SAVINGS
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£ Phil Vallone, president of the New York Bus Contractors Association, testified in October during Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Education Reform Commission meeting in Long Island. Seated to Vallone’s right is Peter Mannella, executive director of the New York Association for Pupil Transportation.
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40 School Transportation News March 2013
Contractors Association (NYSBCA) responded to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s new state budget proposal for 2013- 2014, which would keep current student transportation aid intact through efficiencies that could funnel nearly $100 million back into classrooms. NYSBCA said the transportation efficiencies, namely contracting with private bus companies, are proven to cut costs. Te association added that public schools, which use private pupil transportation operators, have reduced transportation costs by $200 million per year. Officials also estimated that another $100 million a year could be saved if more school districts partnered with private school bus contractors. Association President Phil Vallone formally presented the ideas during a
January legislative hearing in Albany. Te budget proposal would help school districts explore the option of hiring a private school bus operator, while allowing these schools to keep unused transportation aid for up to five years. Te plan also calls for the repeal of the state and local sales tax on the purchase of school buses — a tax that NYSBCA said “is ironically paid by the school and the state.” “More than half of the schools in New
York State are enjoying the safety and cost-saving benefits of using a private pupil transportation operator,” said Vallone. Meanwhile, the New York Association
for Pupil Transportation thanked Cuomo for retaining the student transportation budget line item as an expense-based aid and not reducing the state’s commitment to it.
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